Srinagar, Dec 25 (KNS): National Conference (NC) leader and former MLA Eidgah, Mubarak Gul on Tuesday led a protest against the government for ‘ignoring Sher-e-Khaas on all fronts’.
Gul along with scores of his activists and locals assembled in Srinagar’s Press Enclave in this afternoon and chanted slogans in favour of their demands.
According to KNS correspondent, Gul said that the government has ignored Shehr-e-Khaas on all fronts, saying that the authorities have even failed to allot a college in Shere-e-khaas.
“The free land of over 60 kanal have been provided to the State government for the establishment of the college but unfortunately the administration has failed to allot any college on the land,” he said.
He said not only in education, the government has also failed to provide proper drainage facility in Shehr-e-Khaas areas. “Besides improper drainage facility, all the sewage is being dumped into Achan following which no steps are being taken for its degradation, thus leaving the people living nearer to it to suffer,” he said.
Gul said people of Shehr-e-Khaas are not meant for pellets and bullets but they deserve the development and every other facility but unfortunately nothing is being provided to them. “The use of pellet guns in Kashmir and killings must be stopped forthwith and a peaceful process should be adopted to resolve the issue so that the people could heave a sigh of relief,” he said.
Meanwhile, the protesters later dispersed peacefully. (KNS)